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<h2><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Public Review of TAPIR<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>TDWG
would like to remind the community that the Public Review of the TDWG Access
Protocol for Information Retrieval <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>TAPIR</span></strong>
- a method for sharing biodiversity information – is underway. Since
being officially put forward as a draft, TAPIR has undergone a peer review, a
review by the TDWG Executive and multiple revisions. We do need your input at
this stage, so please consider lodging a comment on this proposed standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Open Invitation:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> We invite all who may
contribute and/or consume biodiversity information to examine this proposed standard
during the Public Review period from 10<sup>th</sup> September through at least
until the 10th November 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>How to Participate:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> You can participate in the
review of TAPIR in two ways; either through lodging a comment through TDWG’s
Open Journal System, or you can take the Microsoft Word document and edit it
with track changes and resubmit it to the TAPIR Wiki space. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Details
of this process can be found at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:windowtext'><a
href="http://www.tdwg.org/homepage-news-item/article/public-review-of-tapir/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/homepage-news-item/article/public-review-of-tapir/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Questions
about the process should be directed to me at
piers(at)gaiaresources.com.au. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Please
share this opportunity for public comment and review with others you think may
be interested. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Acknowledgements:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> I’d like to thank the
authors, the anonymous reviewers and the members of the Executive Committee who
reviewed the standard. In addition, the guidance of Lee Belbin through
the review process has been invaluable and greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Links expanded:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>TAPIR
Specification in HTML - </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/tdwg_tapir_specification_2009-09-08.htm"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/tdwg_tapir_specification_2009-09-08.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Official
TAPIR Website - <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/subgroups/tapir/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/subgroups/tapir/</span></a> <br>
Various TAPIR software packages - <a
href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/TAPIR/TapirSoftware"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/TAPIR/TapirSoftware</span></a><br>
Subscribe to tdwg-tag - <a
href="http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Related Links:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>TDWG:
<a href="http://www.tdwg.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/</span></a>
<br>
Other TDWG Standards: <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/standards/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/standards/</span></a> <br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>TDWG Standards Track</span></em>
(in OJS): <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/index"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/index</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Apologies
if you receive this multiple times from various mailing lists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Sincerely,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Piers
Higgs, Review Manager <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>-------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Piers Higgs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Gaia
Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>p +61 8
92277309<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>m +61 411
754 006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>w
www.gaiaresources.com.au<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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piers@gaiaresources.com.au<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>-------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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